Exam Details
| Subject | cultural studies | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | solapur university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2018 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, solapur |
Question Paper
M.A. (Semester IV) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper VIII)
CULTURAL STUDIES
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Select the appropriate word:
14
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has written the essay
Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies
A comparison between Women and Men
Can the Subaltern Speak?
The Analysis of Culture
In the short story 'Draupadi' Draupadi pushes Senanayak with her two mangled
breasts
hands
legs
eyes
Dulna and Dopdi went to the forest of
Jharkhand
Jharkhani
Karnataka
Gadchiroli
Jashoda is a wife of
Pandit Kalinath
Charan Singh
Kangalicharan
Hari sal
Basini is an old maid servant of the family.
Aldar
Haldar
Deshpande
Mahajan
In the short story behind the Bodice: Choli ke phichhe Sital is wife of
Ujan
Upin
Uday
Gopal
What is behind the bodice? The answer is of course
Soul
Dil
Breasts
Heart
Tarabai Shinde's essay comparison between Women and Men' published in
1882
1888
1884
1885
is the most influential figure in contemporary cultural studies.
Raymond Paul
Stuart Hall
Daniel foe
None of them
10) Bharathipura is a village situated in the western hills of
Kerala
Gujarat
Karnataka
Jaipur
Page 2 of 2
SLR-HW-217
11) In the novel 'Bharathipura' all the villagers are of Lord Manjunatha.
Foe
Friends
Devotees
Caretaker
12) is the name of Jagannath's mother.
Chikki
Margaret
Sitadevi
Kalyani
13) Adiga used to visit Jagannatha's home everyday to teach
Sanskrit
English
Physics
Astronomy
14) was an umbrella repairer in Bharthipura.
Adiga
Jagannatha
Margaret
Rangappa
Q.2
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: (Any seven)
14
Why does Senanayak surprise when he saw Draupadi?
Why does Draupadi disguised her name in the story 'Draupadi'?
Why did Kangalicharan stolen samosas and sweets under his dhoti?
Give at least three names of Jashoda's children?
Why did daughters-in-law of Haldar not feed their babies?
What was the profession of Jashoda?
Who was a Gangor?
What the difference Upin finds in Shital and Gangor?
Q.3
Answer the following questions in brief: (Any Two)
08
What are the characteristic features of Dalit Literature?
What is indigenous culture?
Write short note on feminism in India.
Write Short notes on any two of the following.
06
What is Cyber culture?
What is the importance of indigenous culture on literature?
Write a short note on rural literature.
Q.4
Discuss the status of woman in the essay comparison of Men and Women' by Tarabai Shinde.
14
OR
Critically comment on the essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak' by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Q.5
Discuss the art of characterization in the novel 'Bharathipura'?
14
English (Paper VIII)
CULTURAL STUDIES
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Select the appropriate word:
14
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has written the essay
Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies
A comparison between Women and Men
Can the Subaltern Speak?
The Analysis of Culture
In the short story 'Draupadi' Draupadi pushes Senanayak with her two mangled
breasts
hands
legs
eyes
Dulna and Dopdi went to the forest of
Jharkhand
Jharkhani
Karnataka
Gadchiroli
Jashoda is a wife of
Pandit Kalinath
Charan Singh
Kangalicharan
Hari sal
Basini is an old maid servant of the family.
Aldar
Haldar
Deshpande
Mahajan
In the short story behind the Bodice: Choli ke phichhe Sital is wife of
Ujan
Upin
Uday
Gopal
What is behind the bodice? The answer is of course
Soul
Dil
Breasts
Heart
Tarabai Shinde's essay comparison between Women and Men' published in
1882
1888
1884
1885
is the most influential figure in contemporary cultural studies.
Raymond Paul
Stuart Hall
Daniel foe
None of them
10) Bharathipura is a village situated in the western hills of
Kerala
Gujarat
Karnataka
Jaipur
Page 2 of 2
SLR-HW-217
11) In the novel 'Bharathipura' all the villagers are of Lord Manjunatha.
Foe
Friends
Devotees
Caretaker
12) is the name of Jagannath's mother.
Chikki
Margaret
Sitadevi
Kalyani
13) Adiga used to visit Jagannatha's home everyday to teach
Sanskrit
English
Physics
Astronomy
14) was an umbrella repairer in Bharthipura.
Adiga
Jagannatha
Margaret
Rangappa
Q.2
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: (Any seven)
14
Why does Senanayak surprise when he saw Draupadi?
Why does Draupadi disguised her name in the story 'Draupadi'?
Why did Kangalicharan stolen samosas and sweets under his dhoti?
Give at least three names of Jashoda's children?
Why did daughters-in-law of Haldar not feed their babies?
What was the profession of Jashoda?
Who was a Gangor?
What the difference Upin finds in Shital and Gangor?
Q.3
Answer the following questions in brief: (Any Two)
08
What are the characteristic features of Dalit Literature?
What is indigenous culture?
Write short note on feminism in India.
Write Short notes on any two of the following.
06
What is Cyber culture?
What is the importance of indigenous culture on literature?
Write a short note on rural literature.
Q.4
Discuss the status of woman in the essay comparison of Men and Women' by Tarabai Shinde.
14
OR
Critically comment on the essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak' by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Q.5
Discuss the art of characterization in the novel 'Bharathipura'?
14
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